The Mooney-Reed Charitable Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations, and the filing gives no application route, so do not send a cold request.
- About 8 in 10 of its 114 grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $500,000, and half were $50,000 or less, so a modest request in that range fits its usual pattern, though its largest grant was $2,000,000.
- Its recorded purposes are varied, including schools, colleges, hospitals, health, the arts, children's welfare, food relief and housing, but no geographic focus is stated, and the filing's grants mainly in Massachusetts, Oregon and Connecticut describe where it has given, not who may apply.
- Repeat giving is strong: 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in the earlier filings, so existing connections are likely to matter more than a first approach.
Overview
The Mooney-Reed Charitable Foundation is a US private foundation based in Rye, NH.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's recorded grants go to a varied set of charitable organisations, and many are recorded as general-fund or general-fund-support gifts. Recipients include schools, colleges and universities, as well as hospitals and other health organisations. Other recorded purposes include support for a performing arts centre and schools of public health, scholarship funds, children's welfare, food relief, youth development, emergency humanitarian work, housing and violence intervention. The grant rows also show giving to camps, faith-based organisations and cultural bodies. Its recipients are predominantly in Massachusetts, with smaller recorded awards in several other states.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts, Oregon and Connecticut.
How to apply
Contributions are made to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted, and no application route is provided in the filing.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 114 grants to organisations were $50,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
2 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 24% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 98% of grant dollars went to organisations The Mooney-Reed Charitable Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 37 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Saint Sebastian's School · Challenge gift support$1,000,0002024 tax year
- College of the Holy Cross · Performing arts center support$700,0002024 tax year
- Catholic Schools Foundation · General fund support$600,0002024 tax year
- Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart · General fund support$500,0002024 tax year
- Portland State University Foundation · School of public health support$400,0002024 tax year
- College of the Holy Cross · Annual fund support$300,0002024 tax year
- Broad Institute · General fund support$300,0002024 tax year
- Save the Children · General fund support$250,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- James F Mooney III — Trustee
- Lisa Mooney — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $8,902,195 | $7,858,500 | $140,738,712 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $7,916,772 | $7,540,000 | $154,414,582 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $6,518,221 | $6,088,500 | $173,608,856 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Contact
- Rye, NH